Violet
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From the name of the flower; see lolanthe, Yolanda
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/vaɪələt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Violet is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 3.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 4.6K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 5.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 432 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the name of the flower; see lolanthe, Yolanda
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Violet counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.7K | — | Violet | 38 |
| US United States | #812 | 72,518 | 1 in 4.6K | 72K | Violet | 432 |
| ZA South Africa | #580 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | — | Violet | 40 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Violet | 53 |
| GB United Kingdom | #568 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | 1K | Violet | 176 |
| SG Singapore | #480 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | Violet | 73 |
| GY Guyana | — | 194 | 1 in 3.9K | 194 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Violet is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Violet är en engelsk form av → Viola eller lån av den engelska växtbeteckningen violet ’viol’. Namnet är känt i England sedan medeltiden och är ett tidigt exempel på hur växtbeteckningar tagits i bruk som förnamn. Stavningarna Vailet och Vajlet, som efterliknar det engelska uttalet, förekommer också i Sverige.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, from a color nickname; 'violet'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, Huguenot name
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, Hugenottenn.
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Violet Oakleyb. 1874USAmerican artist (1874-1961)
- Violet Bonham Carterb. 1887GBpolitician (1887-1969)
- Violet Jessopb. 1887ARTitanic crew member (1887–1971)
- Violet Attlee, Countess Attleeb. 1895GBwife of Prime Minister Clement Attlee (1895-1964)
- Violet Dicksonb. 1896English botanist, writer, and Orientalist (1896–1991)
- Violet Brownb. 1900JMJamaican supercentenarian (1900–2017)
- Joan Robinsonb. 1903GBnot in their usual nameEnglish economist (1903–1983)
- Ruby Payne-Scottb. 1912AUnot in their usual nameAustralian radio astronomer (1912-1981)
- Violet Chachkib. 1992USAmerican drag queen and burlesque performer
- Violet McGrawb. 2011USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 92 sources across 50 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 72K | #708 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 7.5K | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 1K | #42 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 194 | #401 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 104 | #708 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 89 | #41 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 20 | #106 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Violet a male or female name?
- Violet is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Violet mean, and where does it come from?
- From the name of the flower; see lolanthe, Yolanda Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- In which country does Violet have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 207 thousand people named Violet in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled violet.
- What are other forms of the name Violet?
- In the etymology graph, Violeta, Viola and Violetta are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Violet?
- A machine transcription gives /vaɪələt/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Violet?
- In the United States, the national register counted 72,518 people named Violet in 2020, about 1 in 4.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Violet compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Violet is the 480th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Violet?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/violetThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Violet” — the 480th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.